Corrupted and Hopeful
Psalm 53:2–3 (ESV) God looks down from heaven on the children of man to see if there are any who understand, who seek after God. 3 They have all fallen away; together they have become corrupt; there is none who does good, not even one. This is our natural condition. We cannot do good because we have become corrupt. We are not sinners because we sin. We sin because we are sinners. Sin is not an activity before it is first a condition of our very core. And where does it begin? Psalm 53:1 (ESV) The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, doing abominable iniquity; there is none who does good. This is not talking about Atheism. It's talking about all of us. We want to live and act like there is no God. Why? Because inwardly we want to be our own God. We want to be in charge. Sin is our utterly futile attempts at killing God and taking His place. Psalm 53:4 (ESV) Have those who work evil no knowledge, who eat up my people as they eat br...